A report on Ulster and Unionism in Ireland
In Ulster where, because of their greater numbers, Protestants were less fearful of sharing political rights with Catholics, combinations of Presbyterian tradesmen, merchants, and tenant farmers protested against an unrepresentative parliament and against an executive in Dublin Castle still appointed, through the office of the Lord Lieutenant, by English ministers.
- Unionism in IrelandThis usage is most common among people in Northern Ireland who are unionist, although it is also used by the media throughout the United Kingdom.
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Northern Ireland
14 linksPart of the United Kingdom that is variously described as a country, province, territory or region.
Part of the United Kingdom that is variously described as a country, province, territory or region.
The majority of Northern Ireland's population were unionists, who wanted to remain within the United Kingdom.
Today, the former generally see themselves as British and the latter generally see themselves as Irish, while a Northern Irish or Ulster identity is claimed by a large minority from all backgrounds.
Partition of Ireland
11 linksThe process by which the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland divided Ireland into two self-governing polities: Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland.
The process by which the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland divided Ireland into two self-governing polities: Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland.
The territory that became Northern Ireland, within the Irish province of Ulster, had a Protestant and Unionist majority who wanted to maintain ties to Britain.
Ulster Volunteers
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The Ulster Volunteers was a unionist, loyalist militia founded in 1912 to block domestic self-government ("Home Rule") for Ireland, which was then part of the United Kingdom.
The Ulster Volunteers were based in the northern province of Ulster.
Irish Home Rule movement
9 linksMovement that campaigned for self-government for Ireland within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Movement that campaigned for self-government for Ireland within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
For Unionists, Home Rule meant a Dublin parliament dominated by the Catholic Church to the detriment of Ireland's economic progress, a threat to their cultural identity as both British and Irish and possible discrimination against them as a religious minority.
Long, a firm unionist, felt free to shape Home Rule in Unionism's favour, and formalised dividing Ireland (and Ulster) into Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland.
Belfast
8 linksCapital and largest city of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast.
Capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast.
In what the Unionist government understood as its reward for wartime service, London had agreed that parity in taxation between Northern Ireland and Great Britain should be matched by parity in the services delivered.
Casement Park in west Belfast, home to the Antrim county teams, has a capacity of 32,000 which makes it the second largest Gaelic Athletic Association ground in Ulster.
Irish republicanism
9 linksPolitical movement for the unity and independence of Ireland under a republic.
Political movement for the unity and independence of Ireland under a republic.
The Plantation of Ulster began in 1609, and the province was heavily colonised with English and Scottish settlers.
During the late 1980s the British Government became increasingly willing to give concessions to Irish Nationalism, such as the Anglo-Irish Agreement and extending to, the Northern Ireland Security, Peter Brooke's declaration of "no selfish, strategic or economic interest in Northern Ireland.", causing uproar amongst strands of Unionism.
Ulster loyalism
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Ulster loyalism is a strand of Ulster unionism associated with working class Ulster Protestants in Northern Ireland.
Although Ireland had a Catholic majority who wanted self-government, the province of Ulster had a Protestant and unionist majority, largely due to the Plantation of Ulster.
Irish nationalism
7 linksNationalist political movement which, in its broadest sense, asserts that the people of Ireland should govern Ireland as a sovereign state.
Nationalist political movement which, in its broadest sense, asserts that the people of Ireland should govern Ireland as a sovereign state.
Home Rule was opposed by Unionists (those who supported the Union with Britain), mostly Protestant and from Ulster under the slogan, "Home Rule is Rome Rule."
Orange Order
7 linksInternational Protestant fraternal order based in Northern Ireland and primarily associated with Ulster Protestants, particularly those of Ulster Scots heritage.
International Protestant fraternal order based in Northern Ireland and primarily associated with Ulster Protestants, particularly those of Ulster Scots heritage.
Protestant opposition to Irish self-government under Roman Catholic influence was intense, especially in the Protestant-dominated province of Ulster.
In December 2009, the Orange Order held secret talks with Northern Ireland's two main unionist parties, the DUP and UUP.
Home Rule Crisis
5 linksPolitical and military crisis in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland that followed the introduction of the Third Home Rule Bill in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom in 1912.
Political and military crisis in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland that followed the introduction of the Third Home Rule Bill in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom in 1912.
Unionists in Ulster, determined to prevent any measure of home rule for Ireland, formed a paramilitary force, the Ulster Volunteers, which threatened to resist by force of arms the implementation of the Act and the authority of any Dublin Parliament.